ALI SUKHANVER

Prime
Minister Imran Khan’s two-day official visit to Iran is certainly going to
bring the two neighbouring countries more close to each other. Pakistan and
Iran have a very long history of cordial relationship. Iran was the ever first
country to recognize Pakistan’s sovereign status after its independence in
1947. Moreover the Shah of Iran was the first head of state that paid an
official visit to Pakistan. According to a survey conducted by the PEW Research
Center, Pakistan is a country where Iran is viewed positively. The conclusion
report of that survey says, Polls have consistently shown that a very high
proportion of Pakistanis view their western neighbor Iran positively.” But in
spite of all this cordiality, things have not always been very good between
these two countries and ‘credit’ of creating rather ‘encouraging’
misunderstandings between Iran and Pakistan certainly goes to the Indian agents
of R&AW who have ever been very active in the bordering area of the two
countries. On both sides this area is known as Baluchistan; on Iranian side
this area comprises of 180,726 km² and a population of 2,775,014, whereas on
Pakistani side the total area of Baluchistan is 347,190 km2 and population is
12,344,408. Baluchistan is a treasure land on both sides having immeasurable
mineral deposits of Chromite, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Titanium, Manganese and
Gold. On Pakistan’s side reserves of Copper and Gold were discovered in
district Chaghai at Saindak and Rekodiq. Experts say that the deposits of Gold
at Saindak and Rekodiq are of finest quality.
In short the mountains of Baluchistan are simply heaps of gold and other
precious minerals and these minerals are making every one’s mouth water. By
killing innocent people in Baluchistan sometimes in the name of sectarianism
and sometimes in the name of racial identities, the agents of R&AW are trying
to give the world an impression that there is no writ of the government of
Pakistan in that region. When the security agencies start taking seriously
strict action against such culprits, the agents of R&AW sitting in
different western and Indian media houses start a blame game against the
security agencies of Pakistan.

A
few days back on 18th of April, more than fifteen terrorists
camouflaged in Frontier Corps uniform barricaded the road and stopped four
buses traveling to Gwadar from Ormara on the Makran Coastal Highway,
Baluchistan. They checked the identity cards of all the passengers and off
loaded fourteen of them who in fact belonged to the security forces of Pakistan.
They were made to stand in a queue and then all shot dead. It was reported that
the terrorists had come there from the Iranian side of Baluchistan and after
‘performing’ this massacre they ran back to the area they belonged to. As the
terrorists had camouflaged themselves in the uniform of the Frontier Corps, it
is very much obvious that they simply wanted to give an impression that this
cowardly act was done by the security personnel of Pakistan. Though BRAS, an
alliance of three terrorist organizations has claimed responsibility for this
terrorist act but still things are not very much clear. But one thing is very
much clear that the terrorists had come from the Iranian area and returned
there after completion of the task assigned. The foreign office of Pakistan has
written a letter to the Iranian Embassy which says, The information about the
hubs of these Baloch terrorist organizations in Iran, having training camps and
logistics bases across the border, was shared with Iranian intelligence in the recent
past, and on a number of occasions earlier. Unfortunately, no action has been
taken by Iran in this regard, to date.” The letter further says, Killing of 14
innocent Pakistanis by terrorists groups based in Iran is a very serious
incident that Pakistan protests strongly. Pakistan awaits Iran’s response to
its request for action against these groups based in Iran, whose locations have
been identified by Pakistan a number of times.”

Whatever
is happening there in Baluchistan has a direct link with the CPEC, with Gwadar
Deep Sea Port Project and the recently discovered huge oil reserves close to
the Iran border located 230km of Karachi’s offshore. Hu Weijia said reporting
in the Global Times, Pakistan may soon hit the oil jackpot, and that will be
good news for not only the country itself but all of South Asia as well as
China and Gulf nations.” According to different media reports, US oil giant
Exxon Mobil and Italy’s ENI have been involved in drilling process since
January 2019. Experts say that on one hand these oil reserves would prove
another CPEC like game changer for Pakistan and on the other hand these
reserves would play a very important role in bringing the South Asian countries
closer. This closeness would certainly bring a new spring of peace and
prosperity in the region. Other than Mobil and ENI, there are so many other
international companies which are willing to be a partner in different projects
related to digging of the ‘oil-wells’. Experts are of the opinion that if
Pakistan succeeds in attracting more companies to the project, it would
certainly help Pakistan in fighting its present financial crisis. In short, it
is being predicted that in near future Pakistan is going to gain a new
identity; the identity of a leading oil producing country. It seems that some
of the neighbouring countries are taking this new expected identity of Pakistan
as a threat and a challenge to their own existence.

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